J.DICKINSON & SONS(HORWICH)LIMITED
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Cash
£700k
+201.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.4m
-0.8% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
87
+2.4% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£69k
+118.8% first positive since 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,786,771 | £18,165,720 | £19,002,583 | £22,360,085 | £24,232,460 | £28,858,863 | +19.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,316,376 | -£163,414 | -£749,907 | -£139,078 | £9,286 | £400,498 | +4,212.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,245,807 | -£356,428 | -£922,152 | -£391,512 | -£368,062 | £69,329 | +118.8% | |
| Net profit | £915,060 | -£204,503 | -£507,990 | -£317,820 | -£355,263 | -£10,977 | +96.9% | |
| Cash | £1,216,394 | £1,390,420 | £412,008 | £98,171 | £232,410 | £699,995 | +201.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,893,563 | £7,582,047 | £6,631,438 | £5,912,349 | £5,334,521 | £4,355,784 | -18.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,322,950 | £2,546,518 | £2,038,528 | £1,720,708 | £1,365,445 | £1,354,468 | -0.8% | |
| Equity | £3,322,950 | £2,546,518 | £2,038,528 | £1,720,708 | £1,365,445 | £1,354,468 | -0.8% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 68 | 63 | 72 | 85 | 87 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £1,708,034 | £2,208,738 | £2,057,738 | £2,518,874 | £3,241,331 | £3,556,989 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £12,000 | £12,231 | — | — | £81,283 | £108,352 | +33.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £1,523 | £1,494 | -1.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.3% | -0.9% | -3.9% | -0.6% | 0.0% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | -1.1% | -2.7% | -1.4% | -1.5% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.9% | -2.2% | -11.3% | -2.4% | 0.2% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.7% | 77.7% | 82.4% | 85.2% | 88.4% | 89.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.65x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | 18.28x | -0.84x | -4.35x | -0.55x | 0.02x | 1.21x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICKINSON, John James | Director | 1993-10-24 | Jul 1973 | British |
| FINNIGAN, John Andrew | Director | 2022-03-29 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKINSON, Eileen Margaret | Secretary | — | 1993-08-27 |
| DICKINSON, Susan | Secretary | 1993-08-27 | 2020-04-11 |
| DICKINSON, John Kenneth | Director | — | 1993-10-31 |
| DICKINSON, Leonard | Director | — | 1993-08-27 |
| DICKINSON, Susan | Director | 1993-08-27 | 2020-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Dickinson & Sons (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.